Andrew Schaeffer
Research Scientist - Earthquake Seismologist at Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAndrew Schaeffer is a research scientist and earthquake seismologist with a decade of experience probing the Earth’s upper mantle, lithosphere, and transition zone using advanced seismic waveform tomography. Trained at UBC and with a PhD split between Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and University College Dublin, he has developed automated multimode inversion workflows that have fit hundreds of thousands of seismograms to produce high-resolution anisotropic mantle models (e.g., SL2013sv and SL2013NA). His work spans receiver functions and surface-wave tomography applied to subduction zones, North America, and global upper-mantle structure, and he continues this research as a postdoc and Research Scientist in Canada and Ireland. Beyond modeling, he has hands-on field experience deploying seismic arrays and mentoring student projects, reflecting a rare blend of computational, observational, and mentoring strengths.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Geophysics and Seismology, Master of Science (MS), Geophysics and Seismology at The University of British ColumbiaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics and Seismology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics and Seismology at University College Dublin
Github Skills (24)
signal-processing10
seismology10
data-center9
earthquake9
post-processing9
python9
obspy9
receiver-functions9
calculation9
science9
geophysics8
plex8
receiver8
geodesy8
insar8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
schaefferaj/SeedlinkPyUtils
Apr 2026 - May 2026
Contributions:7 pushes in 28 days
schaefferaj/OrientPy
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Seismic station orientation tools
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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